Where does “ticăițește” come from?

ticăițește (Romanian) comes from Romanian ticăit, from Romanian ticăi, from Middle English tic-, from Middle English tiche, from Old English tiċċen, from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

ticăițește (Romanian): like a villain

Definitions

  1. like a villain

Ancestry of “ticăițește”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianticăitticking
2Romanianticăito tick
3Middle Englishtic-
4Middle Englishtiche
5Old Englishtiċċenyoung goat; kid; goatling
6Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
7Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigāEvery word from Proto-West Germanic tikkīnEvery word from Middle English tic-